GRANVILLE COUNTY, NC - WILLS - Richard Arrendell, 18 February 1758
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Unrecorded Wills--Granville Co., NC
NC State Archives; C.044.80001
The Last Will and Testament of Richard Arrendell
In the Name of God Amen.
This Eighteenth Day of February one thousand seven hundred & fifty
eight, I Richard Arrendell of the County of Granville in the Province
of North Carolina, planter, being sikley & weak in body, but of
perfect mind & memory, thanks be given unto God; therefore calling
to mind the mortality of my body knowing that it is appointed for
all men to Dye Do make & ordain this my Last Will & Testament, that
is to say principally & first of all I give & Recommend my sole
into the hands of God that gave it & my Body I recommend to the
Earth to be buried in Decent Christian Bureal, at the Discretion of
my Executor, nothing Doubting but at the general Resurrection shall
[receive] by me again by the Mighty Power of God; and as touching
such Worldly Estate where with it hath pleased God to Bless me in
this Life I give, Demise, & Dispose of the same in the following
manner & forme:
Item. I give & bequeath to my well beloved son William Arrendell one
Shilling Sterling money to him his heirs & assigns forever.
Item. I give & bequeath to my well beloved son John Arrendell one
Shilling Sterling money.
Item. I give & bequeath to my three Daughters Sarah, Rebeckah and
Mary ten Shillings Virginia money to each of them by them freely to
be possessed & enjoyed after the Decease of my Wife Ellinor.
Item. I give and bequeath to the use of my beloved son James Arrendell
all my land below Jumping Run on the South side Crooked Creek in this
County During his Natural Life and after his Decease, I give & bequeath
the aforesaid Land to my grandson Richard Arrendell the son of James
Arrendell after his father's Decease to him his heirs & assigns forever
by them freely to be possessed as aforesaid.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my beloved son Thomas Arrendell my
Plantation Whereon I now Dwell on Crooked Creek in the County aforesaid
and the Residue of my lands to him his heirs and assigns forever by him
freely to be possessed and enjoyed after the Decease of his Mother.
Item. I leave unto the use of my well beloved wife Ellinor Arrendell
all my Estate, Goods and Chattles during her natural live & no longer &
my Will is that after the Death of my said Wife that all my personal
Estate goods & chattles be Equally Divided between my three sons James,
Benjamin & Thomas Arrendell and to be to there use & there heirs &
assigns forever and I do hereby Nominate and appoint my well beloved
Wife Ellinor Arrendell my Whole & Sole Executor of this my Last Will
and Testament and I do hereby utterly Disallow Revoke and Disannul
all & every other former Testaments, Wills, Legacies & bequeaths and
Executions by me in any [?] before Named Willed & bequeathed, Ratifying
and confirming this & no other to be my Last Will & Testament.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal the day and
year before written.
Signed Sealed published [announced] his
& Declared by the said Richard Richard x Arrendell
Arrendell as his Last Will & Testament mark
in the presents of us the Subscribers
Osborne Jeffries
Patience Jeffreys
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William Mooney
Franklin County May Court 1762
This Will was proved by the Oath of William Mooney one of the
Subscribing Witnesses thereto and ordered to be Recorded and on the
motion of James Arundell, Administration of the Deceased's Estate
with this Will annexed was granted to him [?] the same entering
into Bond with Securities in the Sum of two hundred pounds [good]
money for his just & faithful Administration thereof.
Teste. Dan'l.__________ C.C.